Where does “toimintonäppäin” come from?

toimintonäppäin (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminto, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

toimintonäppäin (Finnish): function key

Definitions

  1. function key

Ancestry of “toimintonäppäin”, step by step

toimintonäppäin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toiminto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimintofeature; function
2Finnishtoimiato work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to...
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish näppäin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäppäinkey; button
2Finnishnäpätäto tap, to hit lightly; to tap or type in, to...
3Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
4Old Norsehnappa
5Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak